Telavancin and daptomycin activity against meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains after vancomycin-resistance selection in vitro

J Med Microbiol. 2013 Jul;62(Pt 7):1101-1102. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.060640-0. Epub 2013 Apr 18.

Authors

Fabrizio Taglietti¹, Luigi Principe², Eugenio Bordi², Silvia D'Arezzo², Stefano Di Bella¹, Laura Falasca³, Mauro Piacentini³, Stefania Stefani⁴, Nicola Petrosillo¹

Affiliations

¹ II Division of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS 'Lazzaro Spallanzani', Rome, Italy.
² Department of Microbiology and Virology, IRCCS 'Lazzaro Spallanzani', Rome, Italy.
³ Laboratory of Cellular Biology and Electron Microscopy, IRCCS 'Lazzaro Spallanzani', Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, University of Catania, Italy.

PMID: 23598375
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.060640-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aminoglycosides / pharmacology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Daptomycin / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
Humans
Lipoglycopeptides
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Selection, Genetic
Vancomycin Resistance / genetics*

Substances

Aminoglycosides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Lipoglycopeptides
Daptomycin
telavancin